Nevada County picayune., 1887-02-09
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
Prohibition Alliance.
PREsco~T, ARK, Jan. 2, 'S7.

the Prohlbitiouists of Nevada county may be desirous to hear something further of the doings of ! the Alliance and of the work in the State, have concluded to pre- pare short article pointing Ill l that direction.
 Last Monday morning l boarded the north boun, tran 10 attend the Alliance, called 10 meet at Little 1 Rock, on Jan. 18th. Reaching my destined point on time, 1 readily secured good quarters, and waited with some degree of impatience for the first meeting which con vened the following day at candle 1 light in the Young Mems Chris tian Association Hall. This was well and centrally located.
 Judge Cypcrt, the president, be- ing absent, MT. Henry, of Morrll- ton, the vice president, took the chair. This being all adjourned meeting, no election of officers took place.
 By motion, the call of the al phabetical roll of counties was proceeded with, and the delegates enrolled ill that order. In the pre- vious call of the president, It was announced that all prohibition workers would be allowed seats and participation whether they formerly belonged to the Alliance or not, and that the ratio fixed by the executive committee was one for each county and one additional for every two hundred votes cast against license, or fraction thereof.
 Some counties were not repre- scented at all. while others were represented by full quota. Most of the counties, however, were represented by a small delegation in comparison with what they were entitled to. But the convention was as full as could reasonably have been expected. The mem bers, as it should be, were of both sexes. They were live, intelli- gent, earnest and practical body of people. The convention was char acterized by enthusiasm. They talked, resolved and recommend ed and meant what they did.
 The address of welcome by the Key. MT. Carnahan q don't remem. Der to have seen it spelle6 the Episcopal minister of Little Rock, was simply tirst-class, showing that this bold, live, aggressive man zeal had carried him away out of the ruts and far beyond the conservatism that generally char acterize the minis terial brethren.
 Col. Grace's response detailed in brief the history and progress of tue Prohibition cause in the State during the last ten years. The State had advanced from one saloon to every two hundred and seventeen of her population to one for every twelve or fourteen hun dred, and that Arkansas stood foremost of all the States in the Union in its conquest over saloons.
 Facts showed that at the late election at least thirty counties had fairly and squarely voted out the saloons, while seven counties had not been heard from Besides, many counties on account Of the action of the three-mile law and on account of the refusal on the part of the county judges to issue license, are entirely free from the saloon influence except the jug and clandestine traffic. may mention three of this latter class in the southwest, to- wit; Lafay Sevier and Clark. Then at least half the State by counties is free Of the other half, many almost free by virtue of the three mile law. Some are reported as con taining but slngle saloon, others with two, Sc. While many coun- ties failed in their much desired object of ejeeting the saloon at the ballot-box, their gains were most gratifying and encouraging to the greater zeal and effort.
 The enthusiasm caused by this information carried some of the members beyond what others thought the bounds of prudence. They pressed the convention to ask the Legislature to submit a prohibition amendment of the con- stitution for action by the people.